From 1993 to 2004 the students of Ballet Art State School took part in numerous festivals and contests of international level. During twelve year of his management the School has achieved a new stage in its development, having provided high quality dancers to Z. Paliashvili Tbilisi State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. In this hard period from 1993 to 2004 Georgian ballet was saved from disappearing.

By the 100th anniversary of the great master Vakhtang Chabukiani the graduates of Tamaz Vashakidze have made a decent present: due to creative work of those young and talented artists the Georgian state ballet has become one of the leading ballet companies of the XXI century.

In 2002 during the earthquake in Georgia the building of the Tbilisi Ballet Art State School was destroyed, and the classes were temporarily suspended. The managers of the School together with the Minister of Culture Sesili Gogiberidze have addressed to the Georgian president for financial support. The amount of half a million Lari allocated by the World Bank was fully spent to reconstruct the school, and in 2005 it opened up again.